"on their house instead. As with all episodes of ""The Young Ones"", the main four characters were student flatmates Mike (Christopher Ryan); Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson); Rick (Rik Mayall) and Neil (Nigel Planer). However, there are several telltale signs of this being the pilot episode - the characters' individual personalities aren't as fleshed out as in later episodes, Rick's outfit is different, and Vyvyan and Rick sport shorter haircuts. The episode also introduces their landlord Jerzei Balowski (Alexei Sayle), a character who would only appear once more during the first series, and twice more in total. Sayle, however, featured in every"
"1982. In 2013 McLean starred as Vera in the Australian Theatre for Young People's production of [[Amy Herzog]]'s ""[[4000 Miles]]"". [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian television actresses]] [[Category:Australian stage actresses]] Diana McLean Diana McLean (born 1941) is an Australian stage and television actress. She is best known for her role as [[Sister Vivienne Jeffries]] in the television soap opera ""[[The Young Doctors]]"" from 1978 until 1982. After leaving that role, she appeared in the film, ""[[Early Frost]]"" (1982). Other credits include: schizophrenic Dorothy Dunlop in ""[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]"", two separate guest appearances in ""[[Water Rats (TV series)|Water Rats]]"""
"conflicts she could not accept. Michelle Pfeiffer turned the role down, saying she did not like the script's ""tone."" Daryl Hannah was also considered, but believed the role was ""degrading to women"". Valeria Golino declined, doubting it would work with her thick Italian accent. And Jennifer Jason Leigh had auditioned. When all the other actresses turned down the role, 21-year-old Julia Roberts, a relative unknown, with only the sleeper hit ""Mystic Pizza"" (1988) and the yet-to-be-released ""Steel Magnolias"" (1989) to her credit, won the role of Vivian. Her performance made her a star. J.F. Lawton, writer of the original screenplay,"
"best wishes to them both. Vivien March Vivien March is a fictional character from the BBC One soap opera ""Doctors"". She was played by Anita Carey and made her first appearance on 17 May 2007. The character was credited with the soap achieving three British Soap Awards in 2009, including ""Best Dramatic Performance"", ""Best Storyline"" and ""Best Single Episode"". Vivien used to be a matron until her mother fell ill. She then looked after her ailing mother until she died. When Vivien decided she wanted to start driving again because she was fed up with using buses she persuaded Jimmi"
"Diana McLean Diana McLean (born 1941) is an Australian stage and television actress. She is best known for her role as [[Sister Vivienne Jeffries]] in the television soap opera ""[[The Young Doctors]]"" from 1978 until 1982. After leaving that role, she appeared in the film, ""[[Early Frost]]"" (1982). Other credits include: schizophrenic Dorothy Dunlop in ""[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]"", two separate guest appearances in ""[[Water Rats (TV series)|Water Rats]]"" and ""[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]"". She also completed a stint in ""[[Neighbours]]"" in 1999 as Bess O'Brien. McLean also featured in an ABC mini series ""Winner Take All"" in"
"Vivien March Vivien March is a fictional character from the BBC One soap opera ""Doctors"". She was played by Anita Carey and made her first appearance on 17 May 2007. The character was credited with the soap achieving three British Soap Awards in 2009, including ""Best Dramatic Performance"", ""Best Storyline"" and ""Best Single Episode"". Vivien used to be a matron until her mother fell ill. She then looked after her ailing mother until she died. When Vivien decided she wanted to start driving again because she was fed up with using buses she persuaded Jimmi Clay (Adrian Lewis Morgan) to"
"""Dead Innocent"" (1999), ""Revenge"" (2001), ""Unauthorised Departure"" (2003) and ""Every Step You Take"" (2004); all feature the character of Detective Inspector John Bright. O'Brien was born in Liverpool and attended Notre Dame School in that city, as well as the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Maureen O'Brien Maureen O'Brien (born 29 June 1943) is an English actress and author best known for playing the role of Vicki in the BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", although she has appeared in many other television programmes as well. She played the part of Vicki in 38 episodes of"
"Lise Mayer Lise Mayer (born November 1959) is an American–born English television and film writer. Mayer was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and is best known as a creator and co writer of the BBC comedy series ""The Young Ones"", alongside Rik Mayall (her then partner) and Ben Elton. She met them both when they were studying drama at Manchester University, where her father, David Mayer, was their tutor. Her mother, Anne, is a theatre PR. She has written for such shows as ""The Last Resort"", ""Paramount City"", ""London Underground"", ""The Fast Show"", ""Saturday Zoo"" and ""Casualty"", and produced"
"Victoria Williams (actress) Victoria Williams (born 1956) is a British actress. She started her career at the end of the sixties as a child actor and played various roles in different TV drama productions. Her most notable part (then credited as ""Vicky Williams"") was that of Nicky Gore, the central character of the 1975 adaptation of Peter Dickinson's ""The Changes"", a trilogy that chronicled the sudden and violent descent by British society into a pre-industrial and pre-technological age. She was one of the two human actors in the Children's ITV series, ""The Riddlers"", about two humanoid creatures who lived in"
"Heather Chasen Heather Jean Chasen (born 20 July 1927) is an English actress. Chasen is known for her roles in soap operas; playing Valerie Pollard in the ITV soap opera ""Crossroads"" from 1982–86 and guest roles in ""Doctors"", ""Holby City"" and ""Family Affairs"". Chasen also played many roles in BBC Radio 2's ""The Navy Lark"" from 1959–77, and appeared in the television series ""Marked Personal"" from 1973–74. She played Lydia Simmonds in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", a role which received positive reviews from critics, ""EastEnders"" cast members and crew. Furthermore, she has appeared extensively in theatre productions and film;"
"seven years later and was buried in Chapel of the Pines Crematory. Vivien Oakland Vivien Oakland (born Vivian Ruth Andersen; May 20, 1895 – August 1, 1958), was an American actress best known for her work in comedies in Hollywood in the 1920s and 1930s, most notably with the Hal Roach Studios. Oakland appeared in 157 films between 1915 and 1951. Born Vivian Ruth Andersen in San Francisco, California, she was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants Edward Andersen and Anna Marthine Olsen. Her siblings' names were Edward, Herbert (né Hagbart), and Edna. She was one half of the vaudeville team"
"award. She also won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Leading Younger Actress in 1997, and was nominated for two other awards. Victoria Newman Victoria Newman is a fictional character from ""The Young and the Restless"", an American soap opera on the CBS network. Created by William J. Bell, she is currently portrayed by Amelia Heinle. Victoria was born onscreen in 1982 and was portrayed by child actress Ashley Nicole Millan for her first eight years. Having been rapidly aged to a teenager, Victoria returned to the soap opera and was portrayed by Heather Tom. Tom portrayed the character"
"Anita Carey Anita Carey (born 16 April 1948) is an English actress, best known for playing Joyce Smedley in ""Coronation Street"" and more recently for playing Vivien March in ""Doctors"". Carey has had starring roles in British television dramas since the 1970s. Carey trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Some of her early roles were in programmes such as ""Z-Cars"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""I Didn't Know You Cared"" and ""Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?"". She also appeared in the ""Ripping Yarns"" episode ""The Testing of Eric Olthwaite"". She made two appearances in ITV1's 1960s Yorkshire-based"
"Vivien Oakland Vivien Oakland (born Vivian Ruth Andersen; May 20, 1895 – August 1, 1958), was an American actress best known for her work in comedies in Hollywood in the 1920s and 1930s, most notably with the Hal Roach Studios. Oakland appeared in 157 films between 1915 and 1951. Born Vivian Ruth Andersen in San Francisco, California, she was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants Edward Andersen and Anna Marthine Olsen. Her siblings' names were Edward, Herbert (né Hagbart), and Edna. She was one half of the vaudeville team ""The Oakland Sisters"" with her younger sister Edna, who later performed in"
"Drama Performance"" and ""Best Newcomer"" by the Transgender Zone Television Awards, for her portrayal of Jason Costello on ""Hollyoaks"". ""Hollyoaks"" was also awarded 'Best Serial Drama' by the Transgender Zone Television Awards 2011 for the Jason Costello story line. Victoria Atkin Victoria Atkin (born 28 December 1986) is an English actress. She is known for playing the character Jason Costello, previously known as Jasmine, in the British soap opera ""Hollyoaks"" and ""Hollyoaks Later"" as the soap's first character with Gender Identity Disorder. Hollyoaks was Atkin's first television role. In 2017, Atkins starred as Feena in ""Extinct"". Atkin also starred as"
"Victoria Atkin Victoria Atkin (born 28 December 1986) is an English actress. She is known for playing the character Jason Costello, previously known as Jasmine, in the British soap opera ""Hollyoaks"" and ""Hollyoaks Later"" as the soap's first character with Gender Identity Disorder. Hollyoaks was Atkin's first television role. In 2017, Atkins starred as Feena in ""Extinct"". Atkin also starred as Evie Frye in the video game ""Assassin's Creed Syndicate"". Atkin was born and raised in Farnborough and attended Fernhill School and Language College, studied Dance and Theatre Performance at The University of Chichester in 2008 as well as taking"
"of Nicholas Clay. Vivien Heilbron Vivien Heilbron (born 13 May 1944) is a Scottish actress. Heilbron, who was born in Glasgow, was a member of the company at Dundee Repertory Theatre in the mid-1960s. She achieved fame in her homeland when she appeared in the 1971 BBC Scotland television adaption of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's ""Sunset Song"", in the lead role of Chris Guthrie. ""The television programme was quite instrumental in raising Gibbon's publicity"", she said. ""It put him on the school curriculum where he had not been before."" In the early 1980s she appeared in its two sequels ""Cloud Howe"""
"Emily Hampshire Emily Hampshire is a Canadian film and television actress. She is known for her numerous film and television roles, including as Angelina in the 1998 romantic comedy ""Boy Meets Girl"", as Vivienne in the 2006 film ""Snow Cake"", as Stevie Budd in the CBC comedy series ""Schitt's Creek"" (2015–present), and as Jennifer Goines in the Syfy drama series ""12 Monkeys"" (2015–2018). Hampshire was born in Montreal, Quebec. Hampshire has been professionally active in the Canadian film and television industry since 1996. She has starred in the Canadian series ""This Space For Rent"", ""Carl²"", and ""Northern Town"". She played"
"Hannah Levien Hannah Levien is an Australian actress and writer. Her first performance in a feature film was in the award-winning Australian revenge-thriller ""The Horseman"" playing teenage runaway Jesse Forteski. She is best known for roles as Calliope in ""Supernatural (U.S. TV series)"" and as Victoria in Syfy fantasy series, ""The Magicians"" and as Janine in Freeform's thriller, Siren. Hannah grew up in Brisbane, Australia, where she attended drama school and began her acting career working in theatre. She completed her Masters in Screenwriting and Directing at the University of Sydney. She is a recipient of the prestigious Arts Queensland"
"One"", which was released in March 2018. She will also star alongside Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde and Samuel L. Jackson in Dan Fogelman's relationship drama film ""Life Itself"". Olivia Cooke played the lead character, Becky Sharp in the 2018 ITV production of ""Vanity Fair"". Cooke resides in New York City. Cooke is close friends with her ""Me and Earl and the Dying Girl"" co-star Thomas Mann, and her ""Bates Motel"" co-stars Freddie Highmore and Nicola Peltz. In 2014, Cooke supported the Save the Children campaign by appearing in Bulgari advertisements. Olivia Cooke Olivia Kate Cooke (born 27 December 1993) is"
"and ""Tyler Perry's House of Payne"", among others. In November 2018, it was announced that Hubert had been cast on the daytime soap opera, ""General Hospital""; she will make her debut as Yvonne on December 7, 2018. Janet Hubert Janet Louise Hubert (born January 13, 1956) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing the role of the original Vivian Banks on the sitcom ""The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"" from its first season 1990 until the end of its third season in 1993. Hubert was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in"
"Ciara Janson Ciara Janson (born 27 April 1987) is an English actress, best known for her role as Nicole Owen on ""Hollyoaks"". Janson's first major television work was as Nicole Owen on ""Hollyoaks"". Previous parts include the role of Heidi for a BBC radio drama. She left ""Hollyoaks"" in September 2006. Janson made her theatrical debut in ""Bad Blood"" at the Key Theatre. She made her West End debut in 2009, playing Louise in ""New Boy"" at Trafalgar Studios. Janson is a prolific voice-over artist, and is a regular voice on BBC Three, and her extensive radio credits include Disney's"
"to the Tenovus Cancer Care charity, which funds cancer care and research. Joanne King Joanne King (born 20 April 1983 in Dublin) is an Irish actress. She is best known for her roles as Cyd (Cynthia Pyke) on the BBC1s ""Casualty"" and as Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford in the Showtime 2007 - 2010 series ""The Tudors"". King is the second of four children, father Ronan is an accountant and mother Edel is a volunteer teacher. She attended St. Brigid's Girls School in Cabinteely and St Joseph of Cluny Killiney. She trained at the Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin. She moved"
"But she did have a stepson Herman "" Ted"" Thiel III and 6 step grandchildren- Shawna Thiel, David Vargas, Lori Flores (Thiel), Naomi Thiel, Herman Thiel IV and Shelby Carr. Along with 13 great grandchildren. Marilyn Borden Thiel died of heart failure at 9:45 am on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Modesto, California, aged 76. Marilyn Borden Marilyn Borden (May 29, 1932 – March 25, 2009) was an American actress and singer who with her sister, Rosalyn ""Roz"" Borden, were known as the Borden Twins. The duo are best-remembered for their appearance on ""I Love Lucy"" playing ""Teensy and Weensy"""
"Sandy Gore Sandy Gore (born 28 June 1950) is an Australian film, stage and television actress. She has also had an extensive stage career in Australia including playing Vivian in ""Wit"" (2000) and Maria in ""Uncle Vanya"" (2010), reprising the latter role in New York in 2012. On television, Gore appeared in the hit series ""Prisoner"" in 1980, as Kay White, the payroll-embezzling accountant who met a sticky end when her gambling addiction gets the better of her. Also, she has starred as Mother Ambrose in the 1991 mini-series ""Brides of Christ"" and had guest roles in TV series such"
"Melvyn Hayes Melvyn Hayes (born Melvyn Hyams, 11 January 1935) is an English actor known for playing the effeminate Gunner (later Bombardier) ""Gloria"" Beaumont in the 1970s BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"", and the Cliff Richard musical films ""The Young Ones"" and ""Summer Holiday"". Born in Wandsworth, London, Hayes attended Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys, Battersea. He was also in a theatrical troupe called Terry's Juveniles and his acting career stretches back to 1950 when he was ""disappearing twice daily for £4 per week"" performing the indian rope trick in Maskelyne's Mysteries at the Comedy"
"Pauline McLynn Pauline McLynn (born 11 July 1962) is an Irish character actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Mrs Doyle in the Channel 4 sitcom ""Father Ted"", Libby Croker in the Channel 4 comedy drama ""Shameless"", and Yvonne Cotton in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". McLynn is involved with many charities against the racing and export of greyhounds. She is a patron of Birmingham Greyhound Protection. McLynn was born in Sligo, and grew up in Galway. She studied History of Art and Modern English at Trinity College, Dublin, but was more heavily involved in the"
"daughter of ""The Young Doctors"" actress Lyn James, who played Helen Gordon in the show, and the New Zealand-born producer and director, Eric Tayler. Sally Tayler Sally Tayler, (born circa 1961) is an Australian actress known for several ongoing roles in Australian soap operas. She played the key role of Dr. Vicki Daniels in ""The Young Doctors"" in 1982–83. After that series ended she starred in the short-lived soap opera ""Waterloo Station"" (1983). In 1985 she played Samantha Morrell in ""Sons and Daughters"". In the early 1980s she travelled to the United Kingdom to work, scoring a guest role playing"
"The boy was born 25 May 2018. The couple live in London. She is also mother to a son, Archie (b. 2014) from a previous relationship. Ciara Janson Ciara Janson (born 27 April 1987) is an English actress, best known for her role as Nicole Owen on ""Hollyoaks"". Janson's first major television work was as Nicole Owen on ""Hollyoaks"". Previous parts include the role of Heidi for a BBC radio drama. She left ""Hollyoaks"" in September 2006. Janson made her theatrical debut in ""Bad Blood"" at the Key Theatre. She made her West End debut in 2009, playing Louise in"
"19 of the BBC school-based drama Waterloo Road as local superstar DJ Viv O'Donnell. In 2013, Joyce appeared in an episode Down Among the Fearful of the ITV drama Lewis as Jane Grace. In 2011, Joyce starred in the one off BBC Christmas show, ""Lapland"". Joyce is the mother of two sons, both born in London. Emily Joyce Emily Sian Joyce (born 12 April 1969) is an English actress best remembered for playing the role of Janet Dawkins in the BBC comedy series ""My Hero"", between 1999 and 2006. Joyce is the youngest of three sisters, all of whom are"
"Vivian Nixon Vivian Nichole Nixon, (born May 30, 1984 in Miami, Florida) is a dancer and an actress. She made her debut on Broadway as Kalimba in ""Hot Feet"". She is one of three children of former NBA star Norm Nixon and dancer/choreographer/producer/director/actress Debbie Allen. She was named after her grandmother Vivian Ayers-Allen. Her aunt is actress Phylicia Rashad and her younger brother is basketball player Norm E. Nixon Jr. Vivian took gymnastics until she was 13, but when a fellow gymnast fell and was seriously injured, her mother took her out of the sport. She went on to study"
"as Victoria Newman on ""The Young and the Restless."" Debuting in December 1990, Tom won two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 1993 and 1999, along with nominations in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2000. Tom departed from the role of Victoria on December 17, 2003, citing creative differences. Prior to her departure, she began portraying Kelly Cramer on ABC's ""One Life to Live,"" also making brief appearances on ""All My Children"" until she departed in 2006. Since 2007, Tom has become widely recognized for her role as Katie Logan on ""The Bold"
"pills and booze. But Vivian has her own problems: she's curious about sex, likes an apparently twenty-something neighbor, Eliot (Kevin Corrigan), has inherited her mother's ample breasts, and wants a family that doesn't embarrass her. Vivian's older brother Ben (David Krumholtz) aspires to a show business career, while her dad aspires to feminine companionship but won't give in to wealthy lady-friend Doris Zimmerman's (Jessica Walter) desire that he send his kids back East to live with his ex-wife. Vivian's younger brother Rickey (Eli Marienthal) simply aspires to get attention. Vivian and Rita are close and speak sometimes in their own"